26374 biographies of famous people

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Worksheet N° 1

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1. Match the pictures with the biographies (A-B-C-D).

A) He was born in Liverpool, England in

1940. He wanted to be an artist. In 1962
he formed the band “The Beatles” with
Paul Mcartney, George Harrison and Ringo
Star. He married Yoko Ono, a Japanese
girl. The band divided in 1970. One of the
greatest albums was “Let It Be”. In 1975
John's and Yoko's son, Sean was born. On
December 8, 1980. Mark Chapman, a young
man, shot John outside his home in New
York. John died in a police car on the way
to the hospital.
Pelé

C)

John Lennon

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born

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in Albania
in 1910, and
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interested
in
1997. He
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name was Agnes
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October 2011, at
the age of 56.
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B)
Edson Arantes Do
Nascimento was born in October 23,
1940, in Brazil. He was the son of a
minor league soccer player. He grew
up
in
an
extremely
poor
neighbourhood, where the only
entertainment for a poor boy was to
play soccer. He played for his first
soccer team at the age of eleven.
Some years later, Brito took him to
Santos where he became one of the
best of that soccer team. In 1970 he
played for Brazil’s World Cup team
and brought the title to the team.
Then he played for the New York
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the North
American

Soccer League. In 1977 the Cosmos
won the league championship and
finally he retired after that victory.

2. Check your predictions about these famous people.
3. Look at the verbs in bold in the texts. What do they
have in common?

4. The highlighted verbs in the texts are irregular verbs.
Complete the box below with their corresponding
infinitive form. (Go to the list of irregular verbs)


Shot
Became
Grew up
Began

Simple Past

Infinitive form

Brought
Was born

5. Read Karen’s daily routine. Then, turn it
into the past form.

Won
Got

Today is Tuesday. Yesterday, she ...
Took

On Mondays, she gets up at 7
o’clock. She has a shower and then
she has breakfast with her brother
and her little sister. After breakfast
she brushes her teeth, gets dressed
and then she goes to school by bus.
The school starts at 7.30 and
finishes at 12.00. She gets home at
1.30 and has lunch with her family.
She does her homework and then
plays with some friends in the park.
In the evening she listens to music
and watches her favourite TV
programme. She has dinner at 9
o’clock and phones some friends.
Finally, she goes to sleep at 11.30.

6. Reading comprehension. Correct the
following sentences with information from the biographies.


a) John Lennon died in his apartment in
England.
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b) John formed a band at the age of sixtytwo.
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c) Pelé’s father played for an

important soccer team.
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d) He played soccer for the first time

in 1970.
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e) Apple was the name of the first small
computer.
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f) Steve Jobs died in the 20th century.
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h) Mother Teresa became a saint when she died.
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i) She won the Nobel Prize because she worked in a convent.
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